supper with a special family

Last night we went out for supper with the family we travelled to China with.

Here are a few of the reasons this family is so special to us...

: Our girls were born in the same province, same year, just 3 months apart.

: We became new (first time) parents together.

: We met our girls in the same room, on the same day, at the same time.

: We spent almost two weeks together in China. Two weeks of flights and hotels and cities and taxi rides and sight seeing and shopping runs and buffets. Two weeks worth of memories and moments that no one else could ever understand.

Our girls went through so many tough changes in those first two weeks, they didn't even notice each other. The first time we saw them interact with each other was on our last evening in Beijing. However, time has brought changes, many really wonderful changes. Last night the girls enjoyed each others company, they copied each other, they held hands and were full of smiles. It was beautiful. It made me realize how strong these girls are and how much they've grown and developed in the past year.

We are two blessed families. We have two amazing girls.

And here the girls are (with their Babas),
on our first full day together, exactly one year ago today...

[ all our pictures from today are here ]